Underneath a temple in the ancient ruined city of Taposiris Magna on the Egyptian coast, archaeologists discovered a vast, spectacular tunnel in 2022, a tunnel that experts called a 'geometric miracle'.
While the Taposiris Magna tunnel isn't without equal, its engineering is nonetheless just as impressive.Parts of the Taposiris Magna tunnel are submerged in water, though putting aside its resemblance to the Eupalinos Tunnel, its purpose is currently unknown.
Taposiris Magna was founded around 280 BCE by Ptolemy II, the son of Alexander the Great's renowned general and one of Cleopatra's forebears . . Coins bearing the names and likenesses of Cleopatra and Alexander the Great have been found there, as well as figurines of Isis.also been found in the temple
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